The squat wooden building’s green paint is peeling, its windows are boarded up and all approaches are covered with pristine snow drifts. One entrance has been decorated with penis graffiti; in another, where the door’s window panes should be, two words are sprayed on chipboard: “F**k of [sic]”. This building in Greenland’s capital Nuuk has … Read more
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt accused an Irish reporter of being a “left-wing activist” during a heated confrontation on Thursday over the killing of Renee Good by a US immigration agent last week. Beginning his question during the White House press briefing, Niall Stanage, a White House columnist for the Hill and a native … Read more
Donald Trump has attacked Elon Musk, accusing his billionaire backer of being “hostile” to his administration as a row between two of the world’s most powerful men erupted into an all-out, public feud. Speaking in the Oval Office on Thursday, the US president said he was “very disappointed” in Mr Musk for criticising his signature … Read more
US president Donald Trump has signed a sweeping order banning travel from 12 countries and restricting travel from seven others, reviving and expanding the travel bans from his first term. The nationals of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen will be “fully” restricted from … Read more
Elon Musk, the billionaire tech entrepreneur, has opened a new rift with Donald Trump by denouncing the US president’s tax and spending Bill as a “disgusting abomination”. Mr Musk’s online outburst could embolden fiscally conservative Republican senators – some of whom have already spoken out – to defy Mr Trump as they continue crucial negotiations … Read more
The European Union is preparing for another round of trade talks with the US and warned that it may speed up retaliatory measures if President Donald Trump follows through on his tariff threats, the latest of which includes a 50 per cent levy on steel and aluminum imports. The European Commission, which handles trade matters … Read more
Elon Musk came to Washington with a chainsaw and left with a black eye. Shrinking government is hard, particularly when you do it callously and carelessly – and apparently on hallucinogens. As with US president Donald Trump’s tariffs, the department of government efficiency (Doge) has created more volatility than value. A guy who went bankrupt … Read more
Elon Musk called him “a moron” and “dumber than a sack of bricks” but he’s probably the most consequential economist in the world right now. 75-year-old Peter Navarro is the intellectual driving force behind global tariffs and Donald Trump’s attempt to rewire the global trading system. He wangled his way into Maga hearts with his … Read more
A US federal appeals court temporarily paused a ruling against US President Donald Trump’s global tariffs while considering a longer lasting hold on the sweeping decision, with the administration vowing to take the matter to the US Supreme Court if necessary. A brief order granting the stay was issued on Thursday by the US Court … Read more
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